Linked Data @ UCLA Library

Presentation given June 25, 2015 at the UC Systemwide Implications of Linked Data PreconferencebyKevin Balster, Valerie Bross, and Rhonda Super

Activities

• Self study

• Linked data awareness

• Linked data pilot

Learning Linked Data ConceptsPowerPoint presentations were developed to introduce basic Linked Data concepts:

• The Semantic Web: An Introduction

• Semantic Web: URIs & Namespaces

• Semantic Web: Use Cases

• Semantic Web: Introductory Resources and Tools

See next slide for sample

DOMAINS ON A RDF GRAPH

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Linked Data ResourcesEach PowerPoint presentation contained a list of references used in the presentation, and some contained information on additional resources.

Rhonda Super shared links to Semantic Web and Linked Data resources on the Data page on her home web site, Rhonda’s Resource Page. (Link in slide below.)

REFERENCES

Hamington, Maurice, "Jane Addams", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.). Accessed September 22, 2011 from: http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2010/entries/addams-jane/.

Hart, Glen & Dolbear, Catherine. (2013). Linked Data: A Geographic Perspective. Boca Raton: CRC Press.

Library of Congress Linked Data Service. Authorities and Vocabularies. Downloaded February 11, 2014 from http://id.loc.gov/ .

Manola, F. & Miller, E. (2004). RDF Primer. W3C. Accessed June 26, 2011 from http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/#basicconcepts.

Media Map. State-of-the-art Situation. Downloaded February 12, 2014 from http://mediamapproject.org/project_situation.html

OCLC WorlCat Identities. Addams, Jane 1860-1935. Downloaded February 15, 2014 from http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79104234/ .

Virtual International Authority File (VIAF). Addams, Jane, 1860=1935 downloaded February 11, 2014 from http://viaf.org/viaf/12382490/#Addams,_Jane,_1860-1935.

W3C. Downloaded February 12, 2014 from http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

W3C. Library Linked Data Incubator Group Final Report. Downloaded March 15, 2014 from http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/XGR-lld-20111025/

Super, Rhonda. (2014). Data in Rhonda’s Resource Page downloaded March 20, 2014 from http://home.earthlink.net/~rasuper/data.html

Exploration of BIBFRAME with Serials• Identified Tools for Experimentation– OCLC Connexion

– MarcEdit

– W3C RDF Validator

– BIBFRAME vocabulary website

• Identified Skills for Experimentation– Editing RDF/XML files

– Interpreting RDF graph

– Interpreting BIBFRAME vocabulary terms & structure

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Activities

• Self study

• Linked data awareness

• Linked data pilot

Activities

• Self study

• Linked data awareness

• Linked data pilot

Davison, S., Sugiyama, Y., McAulay, E. & Horning, C. (2013). Enhancing an OAI-PMH Service Using Linked Data: A Report from the Sheet Music Consortium. University of California eScholarship Repository. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/50c9g411

Sheet Music Consortium

http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/sheetmusic/

Browse screen

RDF/XML record for publisher Kalmar, Puck & Abrahams

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